How to Prepare the Meat: Method 1

Name: How to Prepare the Meat: Method 1
Yield: Makes 10 sandwiches
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 1 medium onion, grated; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 garlic clove, grated; ¼ cup (60 ml) vinegar; 2 lbs (900 g) lean roasting beef; or trimmed chunk of lamb; or skinned boneless chicken breasts, trimmed; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; ½ teaspoon thyme or za’tar; 1 teaspoon baharat; ½ teaspoon whole aniseeds or fennel; ½ teaspoon ground cardamom; ½ teaspoon marjoram; 1 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds; ¼ teaspoon hot red pepper flakes; 2 tablespoons pomegranate syrup or Worcestershire sauce; 1 tablespoon prepared mustard; 2 tablespoons tomato ketchup

Preparation info

Makes
10
sandwiches

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

Ingredients

2 lbs (900 g) lean roasting beef; or trimmed chunk of lamb; or skinned boneless chicken breasts, trimmed

Asia
Iraq
Starter

Method

Using a sharp knife cut beef or lamb crosswise into ¼ in/6 mm-thick slices. Then cut each slice into thin strips, as thin as possible. If using chicken cut it into thin strips. It helps a lot if you let pieces of meat harden a little in the freezer before cutting.
In a big bowl, mix ingredients for marinade, except for salt. Add meat and